One of the Action Points under the Human Resources Focus Area of the district’s Strategic Plan is called Dearborn Teacher University. The Goal of this program is to meet state professional development requirements, provide effective and timely support for all Dearborn Schools new professional staff and reduce non-contract renewals and resignations of probationary teachers. The long term goal is to Expand Dearborn Teacher University” to “Dearborn University” to include non-instructional employee Professional Development.
The following is a Dearborn Teacher University program timeline for implementation that has been established by the Human Resources committee as part of Dearborn Strategic Plan.
Action Points
Measurement Instrument
Current Status
Standards of Excellence
Timeline
Dearborn Teacher University
Staff survey feedback
Developing
Reduce 10% annually of non-contract renewals and resignations of probationary teachers
School and District Improvement Plan Documentation Submission the 2018-2019 School Year for the 2019-2020 School Year: The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is working toward an enhanced whole child model of needs…
Dearborn Teacher University welcomes over 75 new staff members to the district! Recently the Dearborn Teacher University office presented a two day orientation to our new teachers. During the sessions…
This past week, the Dearborn Teacher University hosted its final Year One PD workshop for the 2017-18 school year. This month’s topic was on Google Apps. Troy Patterson, Director of…
This past week, over 400 Year One Professional Staff members and their mentors attended their last Mentor/Mentee meeting of the school year. During the meeting we discussed the importance of…
Below is the powerpoint and some additional handouts shared at General Admin sessions. Michigan’s New Accountability-Index System Powerpoint Student Identification Flow Chart Index Components and School Identification Targets by Component…
One Hundred and twenty four first year teachers attended the latest Dearborn Teacher University session, the new professional staff defined co-teaching as “collaboration.” Participants learned about the various models of co-teaching…
